Cole Palmer has gone seven games without scoring a goal, so what's wrong with Chelsea's best and most reliable player?

Palmer missed two straightforward one-on-one chances, seeing one saved by Saints goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and the other miss the target. They were two attempts amid seven shots in total, Palmer’s highest tally of the season, but his efforts to score were in vain.

Cole Palmer has sent a message to Chelsea fans after he blanked yet again in the 4-0 win over Premier League bottom club Southampton. The Blues thrashed the Saints at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday with goals from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.

Like Chelsea, it appears that Palmer is just going through a rough time. A slight change in system, partly due to injuries hasn’t helped. And the boy is just short of confidence. As they say, he just needs once to bounce in off him and he might be on the up again.

Chelsea's poor run of results came to an end against Southampton, but there are fears around the recent performances of young magician Cole Palmer, who's struggled personally

Chelsea wasn't so reliant on Cole Palmer this time. On a frustrating evening for the England star, his Chelsea teammates stepped up — as demanded by their manager — to share the goals in a 4-0 thrashing of last-place Southampton in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Cole Palmer’s career at Chelsea so far has basically been a case of him overperforming in every possible way.Every shot has gone in, every pass has come off, it’s been magical.  But regression